Genuinely the Most UNSETTLING Backrooms / Liminal Game I've EVER Played (Liminalcore Full Game)

[@IGP]

If you want to watch this video without the commentary and soak up the atmosphere, just click the settings icon on the video and switch the "Audio Track" to "English (United States)". This audio track removes my commentary from the video. You can switch at any time. It's seamless. Keep in mind though, the editing of the video, visually, coincides with my commentary, so it might seem inappropriate at times if you have my commentary off. But it still works well. Hope you guys enjoyed the video! Make sure to check the game out for yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/3107900/Liminalcore/

[@collynha6952]

I wish when you where in the pool rooms, you added a slight reverb to your audio. It would be really cool if developers made it so you could speak through a mic in game, and hear the reverb off the actual environment. When you first turned on the feedback button, I thought that was what was going on and got really excited by the idea.

[@collynha6952]

Oh you do add reverb lol

[@skpacman]

I was unaware you could upload multitrack videos. Good to know :)

[@Baller5525]

The world serpant you tried to say is pronounced "your-man-gander" And is spelled "jormungandr"

[@njk984]

Without your commentary I would'nt waste my time watching this video. The games quality is 99% lower without your lovely voice 😊

[@HandofHelheim]

I've always wanted a secret achievement kind of thing where if you sit and stare into one of those empty doorways. You get "stare into the abyss." Then, if you waited longer, that abyss seems to change, and you can almost see eyes in it. And you earn the additional one "...and the abyss stares back"

[@CanYouChoose]

I want a game with random giant heads like this dotted about in places games randomly look around that scream or are creatures that run away when looked at

[@samanyupalthi]

it reminds me of roblox doors where there is something similar to "it stares back".

[@eZeero]

...interesting...

[@valentinakerman4216]

Challenge accepted.

[@LiminalCore-TheGame]

Let us see where we can do that! That sounds really amazing ❤

[@sillystephys7123]

Middle aged mum here. I don’t know why the hell this video popped up on my feed but I’m 35 mins in and cannot stop watching. Thanks?

[@MoonlightHorizon-ev7ev]

Welcome to the rabbit hole that is the backrooms lady.

[@gleeblerealness]

talk to ur kids about the backrooms games

[@user-og4pj7de3i]

Welcome, welcome to the void.

[@demrelli]

58 mum here, hate scary backrooms...but love this 😀 and it randomly turned up on my feed too ...❤

[@sillystephys7123]

@@demrelli right?!!?? I wish this was a movie. Did you ever watch Stranded Deep ? The graphics ( at that time) of the water was awesome. When the level took the played deep in the darker part of the ocean was rad!

[@JonJoLen]

5:25 I have a few thoughts on this. I think you can have both. I think the best way to have a monster in the backrooms is not to have a constant chase mechanic, but for the player to *know* it’s there but rarely if ever interact with it. That way, not only are you lost in an endless void of subliminal structure, but you know there’s something else that lives there, so it knows how to find you. I love subtle-stalking monsters, it’s so much more dreadful that way. I think an important thing to remember is that the backrooms *are* the monster. It’s an entity that can and will keep you there for as long as it wants to. Edit: 1:36:42 ok so at this point I completely described this game accidentally

[@Viperess77]

Kiiiiinda like Lisa in PT. How she's always behind you or watching you from outside or upstairs

[@blackguard5883]

This needs to crossover with Eldritch vibes. The Old Ones or the lesser fiends, like the fungal and supernatural creature Lovecraft was calling a "vampire"... I for the life of me can't remember which short that was. But yeah, it's a place between places, so things from other worlds sometimes "oops" in. Like you did. Something simple as that.

[@PrivateSy4z]

Yes less is often more with horror. It would be really scary if you dont interact with it constantly, but every so often you see it watching you or moving in the distance for a second or two. Just enough to make you feel on edge all the time.

[@jacollins2010]

Yes, I think the problem with both extremes is that you'll get numb to it fairly quickly. It's hard to keep the tension up when it's all creepy rooms or all monsters chasing you all the time. I think creepy rooms + knowing a monster's around but you don't know how close helps change things up.

[@user-cs7fg5eq9r]

Alternatively have a bunch of monster and entities but have them all ignore you and go about their business as if you're just one more weird thing they see everyday. Almost like you being an explorer in an unknown ecosystem.

[@Ch33ki]

idk why but in my opinion one of the most horrifying backrooms entrances would be being at a public pool with family, diving under the water and when you go to resurface for air you cant find the surface, you almost black out just as you resurface somewhere you have never seen before

[@slow_unsteady]

omg I just had this exact idea while watching the video. It would be so scary

[@ventusargentum9957]

Or, slightly differently, one of those colored slides at an amusement park. You're having fun, excited to go again, and then you reach the bottom and are suddenly not where you were. The idea of the backrooms is kind of terrifying.

[@thetoyodacar2264]

playfully swimming to the bottom of the pool in the deep end to impress someone, only to surface on another "side"

[@Doctrinaaaa]

Not a different place, the exact same but with no one and it SEEM the same yet everything is off and different. For exemple imagine the pool was outside then when you resurface the sky and outside is just wall with the sky and tree ect drawed on it like those amusement park for little kids that were inside but had painted wall to make it seem like it outside or in the jungle haha anyway love your ideas!

[@bl8388]

I hate when that happens.

[@EmergencyL0tion]

37:50 The clock says 281,102,282 seconds which is almost 9 years stuck in the backrooms

[@Jaimelesfemmesmasc]

That’s terrifying I would shit my self

[@aeroblackwell6814]

It looked like it was counting steps to me, not counting time. If you watch that part again, when IGP moves into a running speed, the numbers went up faster than in walk mode.

[@Monkeybomb0]

I thought it was a footstep counter cause it seemed to be in rythm with his footsteps

[@prj3kt111]

@@aeroblackwell6814 Pretty sure its seconds. If you notice when he sprints it stays the same, its just the motion blur/bloom that makes it seem a little faster. Whats more interesting is that the steps when walking sync up perfectly.

[@EmergencyL0tion]

Ok a couple people have said it’s counting the steps not the time spent in the backrooms and I still believe it’s counting the time and not the steps and here’s why. At 37:45 the last 3 numbers on the clock is at 277 and when he ran to the desk which was about 20 meters away the clock went up to 290 but when he got to the desk he only took a couple steps looking around the desk for 20 seconds before he finally left and you can see the counter went up to 310. Also just to clarify when i say the clock is counting the time spent in game I obviously know he did not spent 9 years I think the game has a preset time when you load up the game and it adds the seconds you spent playing the game either when you first loaded the game or when a certain room was rendered

[@hrtIss]

31:20 - this is an absolutely glorious moment. He gets scared, then before he can even verbalise what he thought it was he gets spooked again. Its like a reverse-reverse-jumpscare lol

[@ShouldHaveBeenAStripper]

😂 I loved that hahaha

[@DanielQuan97]

1:17:33 "Don't you change your geometry on me like that" has to be one of the funniest things I've heard all year lol

[@GillAndBurtTheCop]

Please, please make this a saying. I was literally about to post this exact same thing 😂

[@salted3507]

then you must have a pretty boring life ngl

[@GillAndBurtTheCop]

@@salted3507 you really have something better than "don't you change your geometry on me like that."?

[@salted3507]

@@GillAndBurtTheCop sure it was funny, but funniest? Really? Well if you really think it's the "funniest" thing you have ever heard, is your lifespan that of a common house rat? No offense I'm just genuinely curious

[@GillAndBurtTheCop]

@ so, you DON'T... have... anything funnier... than "Don't you change your geometry on me like that."...?🤔

[@alexk3358]

There's a faint voice at 1:03:38 that says something like "go up the stairs". Edit: never mind, it's IGP under his breath saying "...the f-- is this?"

[@atlas1924]

LMAO

[@O111e]

IGP jumpscare

[@blugunrepublic9760]

Yeah I can hear that

[@hmmm4656]

Holy shit, YANNY/LAURELL!!!!

[@CalebJMartin]

1:36:54 | This monologue makes me see the entire game in a whole new light. What if this take on the poolrooms/backrooms is from an altered perception? A man walking through some sort of eldritch place too horrible for the mind to even comprehend so his mind alters his perception to preserve his sanity. Giant, twisting arteries, slimy flesh walls, and pits full of some putrid fluid? Nah, its slides in a gleaming-spotless pool house! Giant eyeballs watching you? Couldn't be...those are just...flower stalks in a child's playroom. And all the disturbing imagery -- deformed, giant human heads, the plastic eyes following you, little noises here and there -- that's just reality trying to break through.

[@YodaIzChaos]

The thing that drives me nuts about these games are how visually identical they are. If it werent for the fact this only came out a couple hours ago, i would swear we've been through this game before

[@AyeeItzyaboiDj]

Facts bro

[@floram9481]

I felt like this for a second, but then realized It added to the liminal space effect of it for me. Like an irl the "wait, have I been here/played/watched this before"? It being much like the idea of liminal spaces that are reminiscent of irl places but being different/off and often looking like a place we've been to, but really haven't. I think it's more likely some of the devs are using similar assets and/or like a similar aesthetic, but again it kind of adds a girl "wait..."/extra layer for me and I began to enjoy it a bit

[@heddess3347]

well, it is a backrooms game. and usually every "dimension" has its set appearance. i think the devs intended this authenticity (to the vanilla poolrooms). this sense of "repetitiveness" is a quirk that the backrooms community has respected a lot. the point of the backrooms is that it all looks the same. the game is quite subtle, and so the simplicity makes sense in this context. which makes it even more enticing in my opinion.

[@finpin2622]

I think looking alike comes with the territory, because these are based off of the same genre of images, but the statues in this especially made it look really similar to Pools (though I kind of enjoyed the layout in Pools a bit more). Ironically, I think this game found its footing better with the non-poolerooms areas. I do agree though-- I'd love to see some different styles within the liminal space type games. I'd love to see a point-and-click styled one similar to Myst, because that was the first "liminal" feeling game I ever played... I think there's a lot of room for experimentation.

[@defaultname5428]

I can only guess you mean the beginning of the game? Because this was definitely unique in my opinion. What exactly do you want to be different?

[@littlekitten-93]

28:52 the funny thing about this, is that animals are something I would expect in a liminal space if it is broken down enough. Because if no people are there, animals would find the liminal space nice.

[@TITANIUMFIREWOLF]

Love how is always adds a voice affect depending on where he is

[@havelock5619]

Yeah the editing is impressive. Hes been doing it for a while too, one of those things he doesnt need to do but adds so much and im glad hes putting in the effort.

[@swordweeb2620]

Woah totally assumed the game was doing that in-engine. Really cool

[@RogueBeatsARG]

yeah IGP always adds reverb when needed

[@theblood_angel]

I like the progressive story telling, along with the parallels for flesh and stone. It makes more sense the deeper you go, things like the snake maybe being a parasitic worm, the round dudes being an infection, the mannequins being consumed people from the past, and everything leading you to the heart where you understand that the rooms are alive. Im my opinion, the monster was always the rooms themselves. And i appreciate the attempt to make a game that focuses on that alot.

[@TheSunnySide1616]

I really love how this game actually shows you you're not alone but doesn't revolve around monsters in the backrooms. It makes it soooo much more unsettling and tense then games with absolutely no other moving being.

[@nikolinininka]

Lost inside the poolrooms reminded me of people in coma, especially with the heart at the end, where the heart stopped as if you have found yourself and either died or woke up, it made me think of it. Lovely design and the knowledge of the snake gave me chills, knowing there is a monster, but it is hidden, the knowledge that it knows and just watches and can pop up any time is dreadfull. I will be buying this one and I will play it, its just too good to pass.

[@shiny_cats2727]

I thought of this too! Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to be lost inside your mind like this?

[@Zeheroth69]

Yeah that, or like dementia...endlessly searching deserted hallways of your own mind, trapped

[@EnderPrincess-xg9dd]

I was thinking about this too , my theory is that the player was in a coma, and the heart at the end was their dreams trying to tell them that their heart was about to stop.

[@tkmpit12]

I appreciate you

[@Duskaria]

I love how perceptions are completely different between two people IGP is like "Wow this is one of the best and most unsettling backrooms games" meanwhile Vinny is like "This is just the same asset and pool shit as all the other games" after 10 minutes of playing.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

I don't recall him saying it in a derogatory way. He did mention he was fascinated with Poolrooms and the like.

[@kubbbercraft]

liminal spaces like this remind me of the oldschool minecraft website demo, where you just had trippy basic terain forever, no fancy lighting, no animals, mobs or anything. it gave me the creeps worse than the legit game

[@JakkuTheMagicalCattu]

God I loved and hated the Minecraft website demo, it had multiple and you only had a hotbar of items like brick, dirt, sand etc used to sneakily play during school hours with friends. But I played alone sometimes and it just had this feeling of dread and emptyness that I used to get, like when you okay a multiplayer game on a school lunch or late at night and there's no one online, sitting in the dark with only your monitor on oof those were the days.

[@SkellyBones90201]

Wanted to say, I love how you play and commentate! You’re silent when you need to be, throw jokes in at the right time and talk about the mechanics of the game (visual, audible, etc). You also just say what the audience is thinking, good job and keep it up!

[@Fizzy5057]

Okay okay GENUINLY these backrooms videos have changed my life dude. I love liminal spaces and they’re my comfort topic and watching these videos just make me so happy

[@spinelesslightweight1379]

It became a movement like for real

[@anicoleww]

They’re literally like my comfort spaces, especially the pool ones… and like a nightmare all at the same time.

[@mewxtwo]

It's crazy how big they've gotten. I think people have done a disservice to the creepiness of the Backrooms by adding monsters to it. In my opinion the horror works best when you are alone. The environment itself is extremely unsettling. Being alone makes it more mysterious and confusing. Why are you here? What are the rules of this reality? How do you leave? There is no way to find out, there's no way to understand. Because you're alone.

[@mewxtwo]

@@anicoleww what in the world happened to the end of your comment 😂

[@anicoleww]

@@mewxtwo 🤣 holy sh¡t!! 🤣 I have no clue!! 🤣 I can only guess the text-to-speech got hit and maybe picked up the TV or *_something??_* 🤷‍♀️ 🤣 I recall putting my phone down and stepping away cause my kids called for me.. my phone was on the floor and everything was gone when I got back. I just assumed one of my animals knocked it down (probably stealing my spot) and it must’ve bounced around on the way down. I have no idea what really happened between stepping away and finding it on the floor.. but it is pretty funny to imagine! 😂

[@KawaiiCuteBoi]

Wow, it’s 5 AM and IGP decides to bless me with my favorite series! Guess sleep is overrated....

[@timothyfleming5867]

Exactly 😂

[@Hag-y2t]

I never sleep 😊

[@Hag-y2t]

I stay up the whole night and next night and then after that night I fall asleep

[@elijahhurst7296]

That's funny bc I see new video and ik I'm sleeping good tonight ( I fall asleep better when I'm listening to some kind of story )

[@imamiiam]

Its now just after 4pm for me, so its the best time hahaha

[@Narumasano]

24:02 that staircase leading up to that huge dark opening with those moaning sounds was way too much even for me! Definitely a fallen angel that we're hearing or something unimaginably dark, SO IMPRESSIVE!!! 27:57 they reused the same sound but without the massive reverb and vocal filter.

[@kieferpugh9436]

Bro how were you so chill during this. I have extreme paranoia of dark water even if it’s not deep. And you didn’t even think teice to just walk in. My heart jumped every time you got in that water. Then I swear bro entered every doorway with his back turned. Like you’re gonna kill me man.

[@IGP]

Once I ended up dying going into deep water I knew it would never be deep if it's clearly where I'm supposed to go so that got ruined for me haha

[@Þħėřẽıßñœħœpę]

Sorry bro do you know those body of human like thing it was in the cloth

[@Michael-cb3uw]

Bro take a soapy ass bath and I swear to God that bathwater gonna be Mudddyyyy

[@metaphysicalfreediver]

ikr, makes me think there's gunna be a tsunami or smth

[@cassandragardner9700]

I yelled out loud get out get out you're gonna die.....same fear, especially the ocean...

[@dsramshaw]

I like the idea that it reflects different stages of life but seen through the eyes of someone slowly dying, remembering each corrupted part, not exactly how it should be, no longer in touch with reality. The flat line at the end representing the death of that person. Final release from hell over the 9 years it took for them to die. Scary thought.

[@luminousparadox7529]

Having a echo in a backrooms game is genius. The layer of liminal stripped by not being there making sounds is something we probably wouldn't notice till its in there. But for me it add so much more immersion

[@KARMAZYNA]

I absolutely love it when horror games keep you on edge, bulding up the paranoia and the constant fear that something is out there, waiting jump out at you, except nothing ever does. The scares are scarcely used, relying mostly on the atmosphere and the surrealism of the space. Chef's kiss. 👌🏻

[@ibrahimismail5625]

Jam so bad with jumpscares but I like horror so these games are the vest for me (plus I like the feeling you get in your stomach when you realise the scale of a place yu are in )

[@zbtrjeez2316]

Alright, listen, the sound, the design is absolutely stunning. The best thing is the water physics i love it, and the lighting is just top-notch by far most beutifull and eerie liminal space ive ever seen,i would love to play this. THANKYOU FOR THE GAMEPLAY IGP always the best ❤ EDIT : at 35:07 now I remember that I've seen this before in demo, and in demo you couldn't use the slides, they improve even the smallest detail, honestly just amazing.

[@SorrySorrySorry]

I could have sworn I heard a flatline noise (or dialtone, but the ending makes it clear) throughout a lot of the game, tucked away in the ambiance. It ties back to the scene in the house with the phone too, and looming faces making mournful noises and expressions. So much thought put into it.

[@UnsungPhoenix]

I really love these types of videos from you. not only do we get your commentary on your experience, but you really take your time and linger a bit on each area, which for me, makes me feel more immersed and like I'm genuinely sharing this experience with you despite being thousands of miles away. Its comforting in an almost frightening way, and 10 minutes might pass but it feels like I'm experiencing with you for hours

[@saltysaltiel1125]

I love how you mix your commentary with the atmosphere to make it sound like you’re actually there. You do it every video and I love it.

[@oopsieboop]

What would be super interesting is if you get lost in a liminal space and you hear other people while trying to find your way out. Like, maybe someone singing a lullaby, or a busy street. But always off in the distance and you never know if the space is leading you further in or your just out of reach of the rescue.

[@KaBar41]

Jörmungandr might be the snake you're thinking of. It encircles the world and bites its own tail and is ultimately responsible for Thor's death. But Ouroboros also consumes itself in an infinite circle.

[@GillAndBurtTheCop]

26:45 it was so dope hearing you only say "but nothing happens" once after saying a bunch twice

[@halcyon3600]

it would be awesome if someone made a game using that microphone feedback option, but like you had to use it to make sure you're still yourself, i.e. your voice sounds normal if you're normal but if it sounds off, then you know something is slowly taking you over or something.

[@surys6170]

That's a cool concept😀

[@RazGriz]

That sounds incredible

[@BuckStedmanTV]

that mic feedback is an awesome feature for non-youtubers. just to be able to yell "hello" and hear it echo like if you were actually there and not in a game

[@panthusiast8472]

The sound design on this one is otherworldly good. Kudos to the creator.

[@Mehsin555]

Absolutely, the unsettling feeling throughout the game is unmatched

[@shiny_cats2727]

Yeah I’ve never been so frightened by audio

[@elusivegamergirl]

The water graphics are gorgeous, and the sounds and echos are amazing as well. I love this whole game already. It's creepy yet oddly calming ^_^

[@LiminalCore-TheGame]

This is Epic for us ❤ that you are playing it. Dream come true moment I hope you loved the game. We just started watching the video

[@mateuswolcow3879]

Same timeframe!! Good screams for us all 😂😂😂😂 Congrats on the great game!! Amazing and beatiful work!

[@zachsilby4569]

Thanks for letting me playtest this! You guys rock,

[@jimmy6844]

Not done watching the video yet, but the base walking speed is below that of a normal human, that stuff annoys me in games. I get it's part of the experience, but it's not about the speed of movement itself, it's that the sound of the steps taken and the bobbing of the camera is just so slow. Give it a more normal pace, without actually increasing the speed and that'd be a fine solution for me personally.

[@IGP]

Loved it. Hope you enjoyed the video and hope nothing but success for you guys!

[@Thewalternut]

The snake from the Norse is called Jormungandr.

[@cainanlove8432]

I love the way that people play with architecture when making these games.

[@tds06001]

39:49 I laughed so hard at the noise you made here. That alone made this worth watching.

[@WillVasquez-dc6rw]

ditto!

[@Crystalitar]

That noise was amazing

[@Haimannen]

reminded me of jerma hahaha

[@wanobi3490]

Honestly seeing that huge figure covered in a sheet is so freaking cool, I'm a big fan of large structures and idk if theres a word for liking large structures (like megalophobia) but man seeing that must be overwhelming

[@Call_me_Fred]

megalofilia? a filia is supposed to be the opposite of a phobia

[@aedanp07]

YAYY ANOTHER BACKROOMS VIDEO!! genuinely some of my favorites from you, especially the more "exploration" type ones

[@Angelbabes222]

I’d love to see a game where the character keeps clipping in and out of the backrooms and eventually becomes insane and paranoid from not knowing what’s the real world and what’s the backrooms. I believe the clipping is the scariest part of the backrooms concept and it’s so underrated

[@getoisthroatgoat]

i love the way you add the effect to ur voice based on your surroundings in game

[@DrXaiver]

honestly since first coming across this channel I cant state how nice it is that this channel is so straight forward, I'm really able to both enjoy the horror game and the CC at the same time without the game feeling interrupted. Awesome stuff

[@michaelmckinnon431]

"The world longest haunted house" that nails it. I don't leave comments often but have to show love to the dev that made this masterpiece, and to you for the very fun walk through. 10 out a 10 on this one.

[@the_ecips9692]

So the direction of the spiral stairs indicates that you're going deeper in when you're going up. Spiral stairs are designed to give a potential "defender" of e.g. a castle more space to swing a sword while the attacker coming upstairs doesn't have that space ( it's designed for swords in your right hand, middle ages and all :) ). It's a small thing, but a bit unsettling if you think about it.

[@CaptainCowboyMSM]

I'm glad we're slowly leaning back into the liminal part of the backrooms. As much as I love entity based Backrooms games, they get a really gimmicky really quickly, and it ruins the immersion. It's refreshing to see more games like this!

[@626_pablo]

7:40 hears something in the dark water… run away ❌ investigate the unknown with no flashlight ✅

[@kingkaijuboygodjira3116]

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@pyrros323]

Yt ppl shyt

[@TheFrosting]

I like how in the beginning he was talking being super metaphorical and all of a sudden that corner came up and he's like nope. I feel it.

[@vilmaksp3054]

I think this is legit the first liminal space game that made me anxious and scared without jumpscares. My heart is beating faster and nothing is happening besides walking so far lmao.

[@Av8r-Opr8r]

45:56 ‘Play to your hearts content then end it all’ goes hard

[@acleanpairofsocks]

I really liked the half submerged suburban houses with old timey music playing. And of course the giant faces/heads, those were terrifying and awesome.

[@cosmicvale]

I always love the editing in your videos where your voice matches the environment it is in. So immersive when watching fullscreen at night

[@breathoffreshair7795]

hey igp, just wanted to update you about the game Go Home Annie, you played the demo two years ago and ive been hooked, it releases on Dec 3rd if youre still interested- it was a SICK demo. anyway thank you for the content

[@drakduck7]

At 12:10 in the vod, the steps u went down weren't physical in the demo. I remember watching u try to walk down them and u fell right thru. Simply love the detail and all the eerie sounds this game has, this is by far one of the best liminal space backrooms I've seen yet.

[@luckydueces5873]

This is possibly the best liminal game I’ve seen. I genuinely feel like I’ve seen the pool rooms in a dream

[@VirginiaStarling34]

40:06 the pure silence from you during that part sent me 😂❤

[@jasonames5200]

Cute multi colored blob things: "blblblblblbl" IGP: "GUHGUHGUHGUH"

[@Champdrad]

I was looking through all the lets plays of this game on youtube and you are pretty much the only one smart enough to not put your face up on the screen for this game. Totally ruins the immersion. So thanks!

[@chenterr103]

I really like these liminal space games because they are just so enigmatic and I can enjoy the feeling of creating my own story from them. I feel like there's a path this game is following, the no smoking sign, the timer that has been counting for extremely long, the strange thumb shaped creatures, especially the ones that block you in. From the story I see here: you're an addicted smoker (the no smoking sign and the extremely long timer) You were pressured by your peers into smoking (the strange thumb creatures giggling and trapping you in) The screaming heads stuck in a petrified state could be you shouting or your parents shouting, perhaps a breakup occured. The dilated eyeballs on one of the thumb creatures could stand for the state of being high, the odd delirious flowers that can also mean the same. The strange plants that suddenly appear (could be a symbol for cannabis). The strange obsession with eyeballs and being stared at which could be the fear of being watched. The giant entity being hidden by a cloth could mean the attempt to hide yourself or separate yourself from the outside world. The strange repeated images of playground assets (could represent nostalgia or the want to be unborn). The eventual disappearance of the thumb shaped creatures(your peers) which lead the the feeling of being alone and no support which delves into the next topic. The defiance of gravity (specifically walking up a wall which could be synonymous with the idiom "to drive up a wall" meaning to drive one crazy) which could mean your character is slowly driving itself crazy. I think this leads to the eventually insanity of the player (the nonsensical stairs and slides), and death (the ending with the dying heart). I remember I heard somewhere that the point of the horror genre isn't just to scare the living crap out of you, but it's also to bring up more question than answers (in a good way). It's a reason many sequels to horror movies are often looked down upon (this is subjective. This view can change from person to person). I think that's what these games are really great at doing. There doesn't have to be a story or a correct path the game has to follow, which allows you to imagine the game in your own way which comes with a sense of fascination and exploration.

[@Kloyster2010]

I really like how you see this game, I just thought we got eaten by a monster or something lol

[@shiny_cats2727]

I agree and I love your interpretation!

[@alialfergani4339]

Loved when your pet turky joined in at 39:50

[@aperezvoyages]

This was by far one of my favorite backrooms games I’ve seen played. The art, the fear, the design…just wow

[@Gurtington]

the game of many large zones. i love games with huge sense of scale and cool skyboxes and this is just that, and only that. and it manages to not be boring. good job dev, and IGP !

[@ZombieCreatureV]

This is so amazing and terrifying to watch. this is definitely built to trigger Megalophobia

[@goofyahhrizzler01]

We’ve got this game for megalophobia, subnautica for thalassophobia and submechanophobia, now we need one for acrophobia.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

@@goofyahhrizzler01 It kinda has that with those dark falls to nowhere lol.

[@goofyahhrizzler01]

@@NostalgiCrazy That’s true

[@mistermeddler211]

Genuinely on the edge of my metaphorical seat, I am not phased by horror most the time, but something about liminal spaces man... This is easily the best game of this genre i've seen so far, just due to it not relying on chases and sudden noises to surprise the player, thanks for the vid.

[@chenterr103]

17:03 I really like this for some reason and I don't know why

[@fireball75677]

same

[@snickerpampers783]

Whenever I feel sick or tired, I always watch you play liminal space games like these and it's so comforting. Thank you.

[@veganwater381]

I felt like this was a "watch your life flash before your eyes" kind of moment Chapter 1 - You just died, you were an adult, so everything is boring, sterile, colorless. Chapter 2 - You've regressed to pre-adult, it's still wet - unwelcoming and tough - but colors are more vibrant and prevalent Chapter 3 - You're back to a kid - it's no longer wet, just sunshine and rainbows as you're taken care of Chapter 4 - Back to sterile, rough and wet. This, to me, is the birthing period, more like an in between chapter, the hand towards the end being something like God's hand guiding you to life or the doctor's hand helping you be birthed Ending - In the start of the gooey red rooms, the first thing I thought of with that long meaty thing, other than snake, was umbilical cord. It's cut off cus that was the last part where you were connected to the safety of the womb. Lastly, the heart - hearing your mothers heartbeat in the womb as your own dies out.

[@mattflores3251]

Thanks for the videos!

[@smoothmidnightfudge7450]

I get so tense watching these videos, and then you drop a JRHNBR reference in the middle of it all and I think it actually gave me whiplash.

[@shiny_cats2727]

Have genuinely never felt so much dread from a game. Really felt like I was lost in there too. I love the symbolism, especially with the statues-it really activates my imagination. I would write a story about this game if I could

[@Deson_Bowenford]

You mentioned about the fidelity of games lately. I find myself remembering about how blown away I was with the graphics of Myst and how realistic it looked.

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

Funny you bring up Myst. As I was watching and scrolling the comments literally just 2 minutes ago Myst and Riven came to my mind and I realized that the quiet lonely atmosphere of those games made them actually very liminal, before liminal spaces was a thing. Myst is being remastered right now and I can’t wait to play it!

[@Meisterdieb]

My head canon is, that the microphone feature is for all the streamers who play horror games and go yelling "Hello" everytime they enter some creepy location...

[@meanjeanmcqueen6171]

I'm 41 and ever since I was about 6, I've had dreams about liminal spaces. Not very often, but they've always either made me feel at peace or extremely anxious, lol. Because of those dreams, I was immediately obsessed with this genre! I don't play the games because I have WAY too much anxiety for that, but I watch a LOT of these videos, lol. Liminal spaces have always intrigued me, although I had no clue they were called that until people started making content about them, lol. Great game, but the ending was a little anticlimactic for me, lol.

[@O111e]

All will be made clear to you once you hit 42

[@danicruz9354]

What were some of those settings in your dreams, what did the liminal spaces look like

[@meanjeanmcqueen6171]

@danicruz9354 mainly I dreamt about big rooms with columns throughout them or I would dream about this mall I went to when I was 6, but there wouldn't be any stores or people in it. That mall is what started the dreams and my fascination with liminal spaces, lol. I went there in like '88 or '89, so you can imagine the immaculate 80's vibes it gave off, lol.

[@itsdiscocreeper]

I love how you changed the reverb of your voice depending on where you were in game, I'm such a sucker for sound design

[@Skelyack]

Yeah so that number that was counting up, that was 281,102,287 seconds which is almost 9 years, so no I don't think that its been counting up since you started playing lol

[@Hawk7886]

I like the coma theory

[@andromedazen]

Holy crap!!! When you opened those doors and it was those giant faces, especially the one with the gaping mouth😮😮😮😮😮😮 that was badass and terrifying!!

[@katzu7329]

I Love the different veriaity of the backroom Games especialy These ones who Focus more the ambiance instead of being chased by Monsters great Video keep it Up

[@matthiasasmr3100]

46:01 you cannot suffocate in a ball pit however, if it is deep enough, you can sink and get trapped.

[@raevnly]

My cat passed away on Halloween and it's been really hard to cope with it since I've had her for 19 years, but this video made the anxiety drift away for a bit and let me just enjoy

[@MoonlightHorizon-ev7ev]

Sorry buddy, I lost my cat not too long ago, it hurt like hell. Life's not the same without our little companions.

[@KokoMakesThings]

This game made me so anxious and unsettled I had trouble breathing. This whole game is so striking. Horribly, uncomfortably, hauntingly striking.

[@anthophila_bombus]

I looked away for like 2 seconds at 1:00:02 and came back to that shit, biggest jumpscare ever

[@matthewholmes6428]

I can’t imagine the poor soul who had to lay all of that tile.

[@tiltingatwindmills3243]

Man I loooove doing tile work. That’s a dream to me. As long as I wasn’t being rushed lol

[@danielstephens1185]

28:28 That's an odd... it's moving...the f**k?! 😳 Ok soooooo a giant purple snake? 31:21 You mother...hmmmmmm... Ok I'll give the dev credit on that one. As well placed an unexpected site as the snake was. Oh and Indie, it sounds like you were thinking of Jormungandr from Norse Mythology? And yes, he is often depicted as an Ourobouros, because he wraps around the world and bites his own tail.

[@k7l3rworkman97]

Jörmungandr?

[@danielstephens1185]

​@@k7l3rworkman97 Yes, I typed the name on my keyboard so I couldn't add the correct O substitute/symbol.

[@Anon.y]

The amount of theories that can come up with just this video is insane, love the videos

[@SparksDarknight]

33:37 He's just standing there. Menacingly!

[@Downtheproto]

Proot

[@TheifWiz]

More proots

[@lifeisliterary]

55:41 “Aahhh, that’s a big load, dude.” - IGP, 2024

[@saitama4356]

Lol

[@trashcan230]

I sure am curious now

[@HaganeNoMoonsalt]

AYO 😭

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Thanks for the video, sir: Solitude can be just as damaging to the psyche as fear of a creature. It can cause hallucinations and all sorts of things. This game captures that pretty well.

[@Yeah_pluh]

Love when IGP makes these kinds of videos on these games, it’s so cool just seeing the randomness and emptiness of liminal spaces.

[@yeetus7091]

I feel that knowing when something has loaded in but not knowing what adds to the scariness of of the game

[@kimmieh8419]

So much fun just watching you go through this whole process! Again, your commentary is so on point with what goes through my head! 😂

[@bananabussquad8060]

The passive & Liminal horror of this game was so good. You gota keep finding good content like this

[@Ratsixtyfour-ls5jj]

I am so glad liminality is thing being explored in games. As much as I hate Backroom games, this is something beautiful.

[@Aussie_Man]

1:10:47 That’s a visual glitch, probably caused by having a light source that goes through certain surfaces, and an oversight on map section placement.

[@IHaruu_]

This game is SICK!! how is everything around u is aware of you but nothing gets in your way. They’re just watching you. The void itself is a conscious entity here.

[@jacesap9127]

2:12 "Mmmm yes. This pool is made of pool."

[@claudiaborges8406]

Underrated

[@MoonlitGhostie]

I love watching you play these kinds of games! The background is somewhat calming to listen to and your voice over makes it more fun! Thanks for making these kinds of videos with voice over audio and without!

[@Zboss992]

I can’t wait for 2 whole hours of this. Especially with IGP commentary

[@BurdofSin]

I love experiencing these games with you dude! You're funny and chill, and every videos feels good